Things briefly got a little uncomfortable during Laverne Cox’s interview with Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith on the Screen Actors’ Guild Awards red carpet.
After discussing Will’s nominated role in King Richard, Laverne concluded the interview by attempting to joke about “entanglements.” This, of course, was a reference to Jada’s relationship with August Alsina, which she referred to as an “entanglement” during a Red Table Talk interview in July 2020. “Thank you for all the years of joy you’ve brought us.
We can’t wait for more Red Table Talk and more…entanglements,” Laverne said. Will nervously laughed at the joke, while Jada let out an audible chuckle and said, “No more!” Luckily, the stars seemed to take the joke in stride, but Twitter began blowing up with fans going absolutely wild over the mention by Laverne. “That was so messed up to say entanglements to Will Smith tonight.
Just wrong,” one person tweeted, while another referred to it as “inappropriate AF.” Most people shared memes and GIF with their shocked reactions to the “entanglements” reference, as well.
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